Swim Champ Kilgore Takes Third Big Youth Center Test
Les Kilgore, famed swimmer and AAU official, becomes director of Am arillo's San Jacinto Youth Center guiding a $190,000 facility with pool, gym, and free water therapy classes. He brings a 14 year career from Alabama to Oklahoma City, Berlin, and Miami Beach, surviving thrombosis and mentoring a diverse youth program with 2,741 swimmers since January 14.
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Frank A. Godsoe, JR
Les Kilgore
University of Alabama
Amarillo
Berlin
Miami
Billy Roseco
Oklahoma City
Down
Bamaway
Amateur Athletic Union
San Jacinto
Seventh
Carolna
Dixie
Kilgore
Birmingham
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
United States
New York
Miami Beach
Rose
YMCA
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Margaret
Broncos
Rangers
Kiwani-Ans
Walter Foster
Don Reed
Carolina
Experts to value iron ore near Aswan Egypt
US England France and Germany steel firms to estimate ore quantity near Aswan and advise development steps and processing methods. If firms express interest they may be invited to invest in the venture.
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United States
England
France
Germany
Aswan
Upper
Egypt
Worker Shooting Works on Trip Around the World
Robert Crone, 54, a ship's plater from Barrow-on-Furness, is in Sydney on the first leg of a soft round-the-world trip. He plans to spend about 2240 dollars visiting Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Panama, and America, after already spending 1387 on travel. Crone earns 21 dollars a week and says he wants to live soft for a year before going broke.
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Sydney
Barrow-on-Furness
Robert Crone
Australia
New Zealand
Tahiti
Panama
America
Crone
Broke but Happy On Return To Job
A brief note reflects a worker’s sentiment of feeling broke yet content upon returning to their job, highlighting resilience and satisfaction in steady employment despite financial strain. The statement echoes common worries about finances and the value of stable work.
Yemen Studies Oil Dispute With Britain Over Shebwa Area
In Cairo a Yemeni spokesman announced Yemen is probing reports that American and British oilmen have explored the Shebawa region on the Yemen Aden Protectorate border for potential petroleum reserves. Britain administers Aden and both Yemen and Aden claim sovereignty of the area.
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Cairo
Gentle Burglars Missed the Cash in Frederick
Frederick police report burglars who entered the Maurice Sklar Company but avoided taking cash. They rifled desks and chairs with care, padded leather seats to avoid scratches, and tried to blast the safe with dynamite without success.
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Frederick, Md
Maurice Sklar Company
Publisher 78 Goes to School in Coral Gables
William C. Hunt, 78, New Jersey publisher of three weekly papers in Cape May County, theater owner with seven venues, and Wildwood’s first citizen, is taking a University of Miami course in English Composition and Communication. He spends four afternoons weekly with a tutor in a UM classroom.
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Coral Gables
Fla
New Jersey
William C. Hunt
Cape May County
N.J
County Chamber of Commerce
Wildwood
University of Miami
Hunt
Children Steal Doors for Sleds in Maidenhead England
In Maidenhead England children reportedly steal doors to fashion homemade sleds. Local residents warn of ongoing thefts as police urge vigilance while youths seek materials for winter play.
Starved for a role as flat-chested heroine in Fury
Hollywood director Cyril Endfield seeks a leading lady for The Sound of Fury who looks hungry and lack curves. He recounts how every actress refuses the chance, fearing a flat-chested image, leaving him considering an unknown with a suitable face but no buxom figure.
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Virginia MacPherson
Hollywood
V.P
Jane Russell
Cyril Endfield
Endfield
Champion Gets Fill of Beer
Harold Fulton a 33 year old Sydney heavyweight drank sixty half pint glasses of beer between 10 AM and 6 PM to win eleven dollars twenty cents. Fulton collapsed after the sixtieth beer and was treated at a hospital before being discharged in three hours. The feat drew newspaper interest and new challenges, though Fulton has not yet accepted.
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Sydney
Harold Fulton
Fulton
Man Charged After Toupee Hiding Numbers Skid
In Philadelphia William Hoey aged 43 appeared in court as a suspected numbers writer. Police Capt William Hill noticed his hair looked odd and found a bald head beneath a toupee along with three papers bearing number plays.
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Philadelphia
W.P
William Hoey
William Hill
Hoey
Vacation Sniffed And Whilffed
In Long Beach California a skunk incident at McKinley Elementary School halted class plans. Teachers closed windows and contacted the City Animal Shelter as custodian Ralph Slone disposed of the foul remains, ending the hoped for vacation for students.
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Long Beach
Cal
McKinley Elementary
City Animal Shelter
Ralph Slone
Liquor Sales in Utah Bring In Profits
Salt Lake City report shows the state earned 3,333,065 dollars in net profits from liquor sales last year, up 27,690 dollars from 1948. Profits were split with 2,333,065 dollars going to the general fund and one million dollars to municipalities and counties. sales are limited to package purchases through state stores or commission approved agencies.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
State Liquor Control Commission
State General Fund
Students sacrifice meals to fund displaced students
Richmond Indiana Earlham College students skipped meat for two days and donated $150 saved to a fund to sponsor a displaced student for a year of study, showing campus charity in action.
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Richmond
Ind. U.P
Earlham College
College
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Irving Carver
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Yemen
Globe-News
Maidenhead
Engand
Star
Amarillo Tent & Awning CO
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